Work & commute · Rolling Fork

Work & commute in Rolling Fork, MS

About one in 4 of Rolling Fork’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenville (8%), Jackson (5%) and Vicksburg (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

162 of 678 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 516 Rolling Fork residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rolling Fork.

516live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rolling Fork goes to work

Rolling Fork (in town)right here

24%162

Greenville34.4 mi away

8%56

Jackson56.2 mi away

5%31

Vicksburg40.4 mi away

3%20

Anguilla5.3 mi away

3%19

Cary7.6 mi away

2%15

Hollandale18.6 mi away

2%13

Indianola39.8 mi away

2%13

Yazoo City27.4 mi away

2%11

Greenwood57.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%330

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Rolling Fork commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

21%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rolling Fork is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rolling Fork are

447 jobs are based in Rolling Fork. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rolling Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rolling Fork

447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Rolling Fork residents hold

678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−46%

Jobs based in Rolling Fork, 2013 → 2023: 833 → 447. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.